Statue dedicated to the traveller. Oviedo, Spain. Travel is the transport of people on a trip/journey or the process or time involved in a person or object moving from one location to another. Reasons for travel include: Tourism—travel for recreation. This may apply to the travel itself, or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location. Visiting friends and family Trade Commuting–going to various routine activities, such as work or meetings. Migration—travel to begin life somewhere else; nomadic people do this Pilgrimages—travel for religious reasons Research— travel for the gathering of information. The word originates from the Middle English word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the French word travailler ("travail"). [edit] See also Look up travel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Disabled Tourism Hostel travel Resort Travel agency Travel advisory Traveler Lonely Planet Wanderlust Volunteer Vacation Travel 2.0 Space travel Hypermobility (travel)  This tourism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.